00:00The former President Rodrigo Duterte has already been charged by several groups in the disbarment case.
00:05But the case has not yet been settled, the former President's camp has already delayed the case.
00:11The disbarment group also asked the former President Duterte to suspend his lawyer's license.
00:19This is what Louisa Erisco wrote.
00:23Vice President Sara Duterte is not the only one who has a disbarment case now.
00:28Her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, has a similar case with a high sentence.
00:34This is after several lawyers, human rights groups, and families of victims of extrajudicial killings filed a case to remove the former President's lawyer's license.
00:46The group also accused Duterte of violating the Supreme Court's new Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability, or CPRA, for lawyers.
00:58Duterte also repeatedly used inappropriate words that are not appropriate for a lawyer.
01:05Our Supreme Court issued new canons for professional regulations for lawyers.
01:10It is very strict.
01:12We are always suspicious of the Supreme Court's actions.
01:18President Duterte's actions, when he was still the President,
01:23all of us here are witnesses.
01:25I said, the late-night humiliation, when there is nothing to do,
01:29the abuse of innocent people, women,
01:33when he confessed to a murder,
01:37we believe that this should be tested in the new canons issued by the Supreme Court.
01:44Another of the accused is the one who followed Duterte's orders to the police to kill those who fought in the war on drugs.
01:52It is clear that he followed the orders of a lawyer because he should be the one to defend the Filipinos.
01:59As a victim, it is clear that his actions and actions are in violation of the principle of human rights.
02:07The rights of the citizens are what he should abide by under the law.
02:12Duterte's words prove that he has nothing to do with this.
02:17We have lost so many loved ones because of the endless killings of certain parts of the state.
02:25We urge the Supreme Court to prove that even the lawyers are not above the law.
02:32The group of people who filed the case was also shocked when former President Duterte stated
02:37that he is the father of the lawyer in the impeachment case of VP Sara.
02:41We heard that President Duterte presented himself as a lawyer to his son
02:51in the upcoming impeachment proceedings and trial.
02:55In our opinion, every lawyer should be prepared to present himself as a lawyer and as a prosecutor.
03:10We think that Duterte's profession is being violated.
03:16The Supreme Court also requested that while the disbarment case is pending,
03:22Duterte's lawyer license should be suspended.
03:25This is the first disbarment case against former President Duterte in a high court.
03:30However, it was dismissed by Duterte's lawyer and former Presidential Spokesperson,
03:35Attorney Salvador Panelo.
03:37His case has no legal basis.
03:40Duterte is not yet considered a criminal because this case is not yet in court.
03:46Duterte did not admit that he is behind the EJK even in Congress.
03:51As for the former President, until now, there is no personal comment on the disbarment case.
03:57Luisa Erizpe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
